Llanfor is a village in Gwynedd, Wales near the town of Bala, in the community of Llandderfel.
History There is evidence of an Iron Age hill fort in the immediate area. There was a Roman fort, so far undated precisely but it may have been built during the first campaign of conquest of Wales by the Roman governor Julius Frontinus (AD 73-77).Hopewell, David. "Roman fort environs. Additional geophysical survey at Caer Gai and Cefn Caer", G1632. Report number 635, Gwynedd Archaeological Trust, March 2006, p. 3.
In the 6th century an unknown monk from Llanfor was reputedly responsible for converting Llywarch Hen,Skene, William F. (Aug 1868). "The Four Ancient Books of Wales, Containing the Cymric Poems Attributed to the Bards of the Sixth Century". The Dublin University Magazine. LXXII (CCCCXXVIII): 226–240. Retrieved 22 January 2013. prince of Rheged, to Christianity.
There is a legend that the Devil used to frequently visit Llanfor Church in the shape of a pig.
Notable people from Llanfor
William Price (1619–1691), a Welsh politician, MP between 1640 and 1679 and fought as a Royalist colonel in the English Civil War. Humphrey Foulkes (1673–1737) a Welsh priest and antiquarian. William Price (1690–1774) a Welsh High Sheriff and antiquarian, from Rhiwlas. Richard Thelwall Price, British member of Parliament for Beaumaris, 1754–1768 John Williams (1811–1862), antiquary, bardic name Ab Ithel, the Anglican curate of Llanfor from 1835 Richard Williams Morgan (1815–1889), bardic name Môr Meirion, author, priest and Welsh nationalist campaigner David Roberts (1831–1884), poet known as ‘Dewi Havhesp’, spent his early years at 'Pensingrug', Llanfor.
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